Letters

0 commentsI just wanted to write and say how much I enjoy The Hook.
I was introduced to your publication in early March of 2002, when I came to Charlottesville from Wise (that small little town at the western...

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It was nice to read your article this week on spots to cool off in our area (http://www.readthehook.com/99246/swimming-season). But I was disappointed that you did not include the swimming...

0 commentsI was very pleased to see an article about cloth diapers (http://www.readthehook.com/99145/diaper-dilemma) in a recent issue of The Hook, and I'm happy that Charlottesville now has a diaper service....

0 commentsThanks for the article on the diaper dilemma parents face [in the June 6 edition] (http://www.readthehook.com/99145/diaper-dilemma).We knew that we weren't interested in going with disposables but...

0 commentsRon Chandler argues that the arrival of such competition as Whole Foods "definitely made a difference" in the fortunes of his health food store ["Peculiar' health food store is no more," June 6, 2002...

0 commentsEnjoyed the news item on the demise of Unlimited Vitality. [June 6: "Peculiar' health food store is no more."]Guess there was a limit after all! The owners often made me wonder if they were not in...

0 commentsLoved the story on the railroads of Charlottesville. Trains are nothing if not big, powerful and awe inspiring, perhaps with a touch of soul. They are why I chose to build my house next to the...

0 commentsThanks for publishing the letters from readers who are upset that you dropped Dan Savage's column. [Mail, May 9]It was hilarious to read words such as "progressive," "tolerant," and "a treat" in...

0 commentsI can't believe you've already cut Dan Savage's column! My friend and I were discussing the relative merits of C-ville v. The Hook, and the inclusion of Savage's column was near the top of the list (...

0 commentsRegarding Sharon Livengood’s 2 May letter (“Snap Dan’s Pencil!”) and this paper’s decision to ixnay on the avagesay, allow me to call you, the editor of The Hook, a sissy. All this hullabaloo about “...

0 commentsI want to thank Bill Ramsey for his cover story on 4/11/02 ["Spinning Trouble: Clear Channel Gets Spanked By the FCC"].It was a laughably ignorant account of the Charlottesville radio scene....

0 commentsThe Hook will not get a second look from me. Your advice columnist in the April 11 issue [Savage Love, “Virginal lies”] first extols the virtue of casual sex to a young male virgin. He should know...

0 commentsI was fascinated by your analysis of the radio situation in Charlottesville. [April 11: "Spinning trouble: Clear Channel gets spanked by the FCC"] This story is a clarion call.For me, radio shares my...

0 comments[To Free Union resident Richard Davis about his letter in the April 11 edition of The Hook]:Why would you write a letter to the editor regarding a book that you had not taken the time to read? You...

0 commentsYour article about the disappearance of the W. Alton Jones Foundation [News, “Lost Foundation,” 3/28/02] comments on my book, Our Stolen Future, "The research on which the book was based couldn't be...

0 commentsIn The Hook No. 1 [February 7, 2002], there was an article about an upcoming book-signing by Craig Winn and others. The book was about the birth, life, and death of Value America and the role Mr....

0 commentsI must admit I was very wary of another tabloid weekly to be added to our local market. However, I have found The Hook to be insightful, witty, and reader-friendly. I especially enjoyed the March 28...

0 commentsMike Parisi, in his March 7 music review, described Frontbutt's musical act as "silly, inspired, compelling, and tedious, sometimes simultaneously."What the hell does that mean?I am no stranger to...

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I’ve just seen my first copy of The Hook, and without really knowing (or caring) about the dynamics behind its birth and its look-alike (at first glance) format to C-ville, I’m pleased to have the...

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As a longtime reader of Dan Savage's smart, tasty column— and sometime writer for the paper he now edits in Seattle— I'd like to dredge up some ancient history regarding the use of the word "faggot...

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Reading your first column [“Sizzlin’ at the Copa,” 02/07/02], I am outraged that you relate a comment “so what guy hasn’t been involved in a gangbang” as “something deliciously inappropriate.” The...

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In last week's Savage Love column [02/14/02], Dan Savage's use of the word "faggot" really bothered me. I know that this is a syndicated column, and I think it fits very well in The Hook, but I...

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With regard to the smuggling article on Allen Long [“Unloaded,” cover story February 7], his book may be an interesting dark side adventure. However, I was struck by the quote in the final...